$89.95

Pigtail Aluminum Wraparound Bridge

About This Item

Made of lightweight aluminum for tone, with a slightly lower profile to help solve high string action problems.

This adjustable bridge/tailpiece adds intonation adjustment to the Les Paul® Junior and similar guitars, and it's a great alternative for custom instruments, too.

Stringspread

Saddleradius

Postspacing

2-1/16"

12"

3-1/4"

The strings install at the front, two allen screws adjust the overall bridge angle, and the unnotched metal saddles have individual intonation screws. Mounting posts are not included, TonePros Locking Studs are required for optimum setup.

About bridge & tailpiece measurements

String spread is the distance between the centers of the outer strings on a bridge or tailpiece.

Saddle radius determines the arc formed by all the individual saddle heights, and is similar to the measurement of a fretboard.

Stud/post spacing is the distance between the centers of the mounting posts of a bridge or 'stop' tailpiece.

Tip: Slotting Tune-o-matic style saddlesNut slotting files work great for metal saddles. Choose your file size as you would when slotting a nut: use the same gauge as the string, or a few thousandths larger. After filing to the desired depth, we suggest polishing the slot with Mitchell's Abrasive Cord to remove file marks and burrs.

Trade Secrets!

Trade Secrets!

Erick Coleman uses a hammer and X-Acto knife before filing. On this video he also talks with Dan Erlewine about how a 1954 Les Paul went from Bondo Mess to Relic Goldtop, with multiple luthiers contributing to its restoration.

Customer Reviews

pigtail

not the happiest, parts of finish not the best couple little spots flaked off, should of sent it back, and for that high price it should at least include post and bushings

Response from StewMac

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Gets the intonation right, but...

Bought a pigtail for my melody maker, along with tonepros lockings studs as an upgrade for the stock wraparound bridge. Bridge works flawlessly but the saddles rattle a bit and i can feel a bit of play in them, although its provides a bit more snap than the stock tailpiece it has less sustain and sounds a bit brighter. Does its job well but a solid tailpiece sounds and feels better to me.

Third pigtail bridge

This is the third pigtail bridge so far so I must like them. So far 2 are on roughly LP ish guitars I made and the 3rd is on a 2 cutaway semi hollow that normally I would have put a vibrato on. My initial comments about the tone pros studs suggested by SM still stand and I'm perfectly happy with standard studs and bushings I get in the UK which are easier to adjust and still sound as good as the tone pros studs.The 2 cutaway guitar sounds great with this bridge and Lace red at neck and a SD lil '59 at the bridge.The bridge is installed with no offset on the bass side.

Good product

I purchased this bridge as an upgrade of the Schaller wraparound on my Bresett guitar. The tonal improvement was definitely noticeable with slighty enhanced mids and a more open tone. It also has more saddle adjustment than most wraparound bridges. I will include this bridge on future builds.

Unexpectedly Awesome

I had to recently switch out with the Schaller Bridge/Tailpiece, which to my surprise was poorly engineered - if you have to have the bridge set low on the Schaller, it FORCES you to dig the strings into your finish (Uhhhh, WOW!) so I "Settled" for this bridge, which I was a little hesitant about, mainly because I am not overly excited about products that put a "swine" reference in it.. all joking aside - this bridge was pretty awesome and the tone on my second build is beyond anyone's expectations - this is called "The Silver Willow" guitar - search for it on the net for some amazing photos and videos. Thanks Stewie!

Excellent bridge

I wanted to upgrade the "lightning bolt" bridges on my old SGs, so I could adjust the intonation easily. The Pigtail does the job beautifully. The stud spacing was perfect, unlike some others I tried, and it's nicely made of made of lightweight aluminum.